[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Chatham Borough.

  • Chatham (Kent, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1914
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    ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS AND DEATHS. The births of illegitimate children number 31, and there were 16 deaths, or more than 50 per cent. Eacts of this kind speak eloquently of the effects of the mater- nal neglect, which from various reasons is inseparable from these cases. Xj) WjUJJ' CG.JAJ>t-4 cu:x.<J.-A, / ^ / A- EACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. Section 132 of the above Act requires that the Medical Officer of Health of every District Council shall in his Annual Report to them, report specifically on the administration of the Act in workshops and workplaces, and he shall send a copy of his Annual Report, or so much of it as deals with this subject, to the Secretary of State. The Table issued by the Home Office giving sucli particulars as lend themselves to statistical treatment lias been filled in and appended to this Report. All District Councils have duties in inspect to factories, workshops, and work-places.